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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s “Learning to Read” Lesson PlanFrances Ellen Watkins Harper’s “Learning to Read” Lesson Plan
Publisher
National Endowment for the Humanities
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Resource Type
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
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Collaborative Learning
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Video
Year
2014
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper’s “Learning to Read”

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  • Learning to Read: Annotated Teacher Version (.pdf)
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  • “Learning to Read” by Frances Ellen Watkins Harper (.pdf)
  • Final Assessment (.pdf)
  • Final Assessment Answer Sheet (.pdf)
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Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's poem "Learning to Read" is the focus of a lesson that teaches middle schoolers how to do a close reading of a text. The lesson introduces them to a brief biography of the poet, includes a video reading, and provides a worksheet that asks readers to summarize the meanings of each poem's lines. A final assessment tests their understanding of the poem.

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CCSS: Designed

Concepts

close reading, african american culture, african american history, african americans, poets, poetry analysis, literacy, slavery, the emancipation proclamation, antebellum america, the antebellum south, reading comprehension, reading comprehension strategies

Instructional Ideas

  • Use the poem to introduce scholars to the close reading comprehension strategy
  • Use during February's African American History Month

Classroom Considerations

  • Class members should have some knowledge of the antebellum south

Pros

  • An answer key is provided for the final assessment

Cons

  • None

Common Core

CCRA.R.1 RI.8.1 RI.8.4 RI.8.6

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